In Society 6 news...there's a sale going on...ends tonight at 11:59pm PST so head on over, with your wallets, buy stuff! Support an artist that you know and love...or at least tolerate on some level. They didn't warn me about this one, via email, I am just as surprised as you are...there's a lot of new art from me dumping the safety net. I just think sale! What?! YAY! I'll say again, awesome product...and they treat us artists' pretty fair. So, head on over to Society 6 and check it out! You can get there by clicking the purple words or the plethora of buttons scattered throughout the site.
In other arty art news...My PC got it's so needed lobotomy. It is not seamless, but it's a helluva lot better than it was...I'm aiming for next year for it to be seamless. I'm also going to be dropping a lot of programs I don't use anymore to make it even more seamless. I finally got a good sized solid state hard drive. Whoa...is it fast. Our PC guru of all guruness checked out the program I'm using vs. my PC. I am happy to announce the PC was way over the recommended specs EXCEPT for the hard drive. I got to art a bit yesterday, after the upgrade...and I'm so excited to really get into a piece today...I can use pretty much all of the mediums I couldn't use before...yes, some of the brushes still lag, but I was also pushing them to their absolute limit. Our guru always suggests that when we get upgrades that we do push the upgrade as much as we can. Yes, lag, but the program didn't crash...and I know when I get really going the lag won't be there. A piece did come out of the experimenting. I'm a happy artist!! Very happy...I just need to free up some more space on the PC so it's super fast. Besides, I don't use half of the programs on the PC, so why have them? I can always get them back. I just have to be on top of transferring big files onto one of the other hard drives and then back them up on the external one. I think the PC now has more memory than the peanut gallery and I combined.
Today's plan is doing the PC clean up, arting and working out. I don't want to workout, but I have to...going a bit easier today because tomorrow is a Dad day and I will need to be able to walk...I am planning on using my Bosu and my weighted exercise ball today to give my abs an extra kick...I'm just hoping the kick doesn't make me too gloopy so I can do a lot of arting...the ideas...oh minions, the ideas that I have....
In other news...I was debating on telling this story but it does segue into another bit of other news...so what the hell...here goes...So Monday I was out and about and I was lighting my cigarette, yes minions I am a smoker, and as I was I was feeling this ouch sensation on my nose...yup...I burned the tip of my nose. It did have to get through the primer and makeup before it got to the skin...but oh did it get through the skin. I expect no sympathy...peanut gallery laughed...and while it did hurt, I kind of laughed too. It was progressively getting more and more red...and in the end it blistered...and here is where the segue card is slapped down...yesterday was busy, not only the PC, but I got upgraded, too! Finally got my hair dyed. Peanut gallery and I do it ourselves...I need his help for the back bits...and he is AMAZING at it. Seriously...he is so meticulous and puts an eagles eyes' to shame. He never misses a spot. Ever. I digress, as I was rinsing the dye out, I jump in the shower, it's all rinsed out and I'm just washing down the dye and conditioner and my face...the blister came off...It was hurting with the blister on when it got wet, now it's HOLY BLOODY NINE GATES OF HELL!!! I'm putting aloe on it, and some stuff to keep infection at bay...I look like a fucking moron...half of the tip of my nose is bright red...I really got myself good. I will laugh more when it heals and I'm really hoping it doesn't scar...yes, I'm vain. So lesson learned...I wasn't expecting the butane lighter to go that high up, it NEVER does...until Monday. So safety tip of the day, when lighting up your cigarette make sure your nose doesn't get in the way...and it's not like I have a huge honker...it's actually small, you can see it on my bio pictures...((sigh)) It's just me being me...another funny anecdote on how I hurt myself...there are many, minions...oh so many...
On that note, and minor eye strain, I am taking my leave so I can get my day started...even though it started a few hours ago...I always pop awake early...I used to be such the "wake up at the crack of noon" gal, now not so much...even if we stay up late...doesn't matter. I actually did sleep in a bit as in I woke up at 8-ish? I don't know...I just know coffee, coffee, coffee, did I mention coffee? The breakfast of champions! I'm going to try and blog on Friday, but no guarantee...but most likely, my momster-in-law always asks the morning of Friday where's the blog?! On that note, I bid you an adieu and don't burn your nose!